John Jordan Morgan (1770 -
July 29, 1849) was a
U.S. Representative from
New York, father-in-law of
John Adams Dix.
Born in
Queens County, New York, Morgan attended the public schools.
He served as member of the state assembly in 1819.
Morgan was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as a
Jacksonian Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (
March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825).
Morgan was elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cornelius W. Lawrence and served from
December 1, 1834, to
March 3, 1835.
He was again a member of the state assembly in 1836 and 1840.
He died in
Port Chester, New York, on
July 29, 1849.
He was interred in
Trinity Churchyard, New York City.